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Investment and Construction

4.1 Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation (GDFCF) for selected industries(1) Scotland: 1992-1995

£ million
  1992 1993 1994 1995
Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation for selected industries 4,607 4,591 4,773 5,186
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 130 134 97 104
Energy, mining and water 905 661 473 563
Manufacturing 1,082 1,028 1,137 1,433
Transport and communication 639 739 813 779
Dwellings 1,851 2,029 2,253 2,307


Source: Office for National Statistics, Regional Accounts

(1) GDFCF is defined as expenditure by industry on fixed tangible assets which will give service over a number of years for example buildings, machinery, vehicles and plants.

4.2 Scottish Production Database: net capital expenditure in manufacturing industries (1) Scotland and Scotland as % of UK: 1993-1995 (3)

SIC 1992 Industry Group Net capital expenditure (2)
Sub-Section Division £ million £ per head
1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995
    Manufacturing Industries 1,093.4 1,250.5 1,645.6 3,245 3,756 5,075
DA 15/16 Food, Drink & Tobacco 226.3 239.8 283.9 3,453 3,734 4,893
DB 17 Textiles 28.7 26.6 28.2 1,285 1,215 1,324
  18 Clothing 9.9 18.5 18.4 575 1,035 1,004
DC 19 Leather 3.1 3.5 2.4 1,888 2,290 2,475
DD 20 Wood 36.6 25.8 23.0 4,676 3,099 2,955
DE 21 Pulp & paper 44.9 60.4 75.7 3,575 4,607 6,505
  22 Printing & Publishing 58.2 61.7 56.1 2,937 3,194 3,304
DF 23 Coke, Petroleum & Nuclear * * * * * *
DG 24 Chemicals & Man-made Fibres 132.6 122.2 157.3 7,996 7,509 10,089
DH 25 Rubber & Plastics 45.8 46.5 69.8 3,094 3,351 4,619
DI 26 Other Non-Metallic Minerals * * * * * *
DJ 27 Basic Metals 14.3 9.9 7.5 2,309 1,822 1,375
  28 Metal Products 25.0 38.9 44.2 887 1,536 1,673
DK 29 Mechanical Engineering 57.2 51.9 32.8 2,073 1,983 1,174
DL 30 Office Machinery 66.7 152.0 114.2 4,947 10,265 7,145
  31 Electrical Equipment nes 26.5 21.9 19.0 2,207 2,038 1,772
  32 Radio & TV Equipment 173.2 223.5 538.9 10,857 12,848 28,055
  33 Medical, Precision, Optical etc 20.6 29.3 43.2 1,801 2,441 3,796
DM 34 Motor Vehicles 8.6 6.6 7.1 2,275 1,804 1,620
  35 Other Transport Equipment 28.2 25.1 20.6 1,375 1,313 1,214
DN 36/37 Other Manufacturing & Recycling 9.4 14.0 23.6 1,169 1,389 2,797
Scotland as percentage of the UK
    Manufacturing Industries 8.7 9.1 9.8 107.6 116.3 127.3
DA 15/16 Food, Drink & Tobacco 9.8 10.8 12.0 83.1 92.7 107.4
DB 17/18 Textiles & Clothing 10.0 9.8 10.2 92.8 88.8 96.2
DC 19 Leather 5.9 5.5 4.1 203.7 206.8 225.0
DD 20 Wood 27.0 20.6 16.3 254.3 195.7 156.6
DE 21/22 Pulp, Paper, Publishing & Printing 7.0 7.1 6.8 92.7 100.1 104.3
DF 23 Coke, Petroleum & Nuclear * * * * * *
DG 24 Chemicals & Man-made Fibres 7.2 6.5 6.9 116.9 106.4 122.7
DH 25 Rubber & Plastics 6.0 6.2 7.7 93.1 104.1 120.2
DI 26 Other Non-Metallic Minerals * * * * * *
DJ 27/28 Basic Metals & Metal Products 4.6 4.5 4.1 67.9 75.7 67.6
DK 29 Mechanical Engineering 8.2 6.1 3.2 115.7 91.0 45.9
DL 30-33 Electrical & Optical Engineering 20.1 24.4 30.6 195.6 234.6 277.0
DM 34/35 Transport Equipment 2.9 2.1 1.2 49.8 37.5 22.9
DN 36/37 Other Manufacturing & Recycling 3.7 4.4 6.2 85.5 93.2 144.5


Source: Scottish Production Database: The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department
Annual Census of Production, Monthly Sales Inquiry, Office for National Statistics

(1) Including estimates for establishments not making satisfactory returns, non-response and establishments not selected for the Census of Production.
(2) New building work plus acquisitions less disposals of land and existing buildings, vehicles and plant and machinery. Capital expenditure in respect of establishments where production had not commenced before the end of the year is included.
(3) 1995 data for Scotland are provisional.

4.3 Registration of cars; construction orders; housing starts Scotland: q4 1984-q3 1997

  New registrations of cars, seasonally adjusted thousands Construction orders seasonally adjusted, 1990 prices(1)
£ million		 Housing starts
thousands
Public Private Private(2) Housing Associations Public
New housing Other new work New housing Industrial Commercial
1984 Q4 35.3 - - - - - 2.7 0.5 0.6
1985 Q1 36.4 - - - - - 3.5 0.5 0.6
  Q2 34.6 - - - - - 3.6 0.4 0.4
  Q3 37.4 - - - - - 3.9 0.3 0.7
  Q4 36.3 - - - - - 3.2 0.3 0.6
1986 Q1 36.5 11 133 75 51 84 3.6 0.4 0.6
  Q2 38.2 33 107 84 30 46 3.6 0.3 0.6
  Q3 36.1 23 103 64 33 51 3.9 0.3 0.7
  Q4 36.9 25 127 76 45 58 3.4 0.4 0.7
1987 Q1 37.4 26 92 64 41 93 3.3 0.6 1.0
  Q2 36.8 29 117 63 41 93 3.9 0.5 0.5
  Q3 39.8 43 183 80 36 100 3.2 0.5 0.6
  Q4 40.4 18 145 42 36 106 2.7 0.5 0.8
1988 Q1 40.3 27 140 46 41 62 3.8 0.6 0.8
  Q2 41.1 16 132 52 38 125 4.0 0.4 0.7
  Q3 44.0 17 140 64 45 116 3.6 0.3 0.6
  Q4 39.4 22 99 93 54 130 3.6 0.8 0.4
1989 Q1 44.2 32 168 130 49 240 4.3 0.9 0.5
  Q2 45.8 29 141 128 67 186 5.1 0.6 0.4
  Q3 45.0 36 104 140 68 135 4.2 1.0 0.4
  Q4 40.6 37 180 161 46 150 4.4 0.2 0.6
1990 Q1 43.6 17 108 143 57 111 4.5 0.9 0.8
  Q2 42.6 18 129 168 62 150 4.8 0.2 0.4
  Q3 38.3 20 170 143 73 126 4.1 0.3 0.2
  Q4 35.7 33 113 168 86 176 3.1 0.7 0.3
1991 Q1 33.5 25 132 169 55 141 4.8 2.0 0.4
  Q2 30.3 42 171 131 76 118 4.0 0.5 0.2
  Q3 31.3 25 120 114 53 177 3.2 0.5 0.2
  Q4 32.1 29 194 128 62 121 3.8 0.5 0.2
1992 Q1 30.5 46 192 107 72 167 3.5 0.9 0.2
  Q2 32.8 35 195 104 59 149 4.2 0.5 0.1
  Q3 31.2 44 234 118 60 128 3.9 1.0 0.1
  Q4 35.2 35 200 97 75 151 3.0 0.7 0.1
1993 Q1 34.3 55 187 104 79 150 3.9 2.4 0.2
  Q2 35.7 38 157 129 88 121 4.9 0.6 0.0
  Q3 38.7 59 187 136 57 164 4.0 0.6 0.2
  Q4 37.2 73 156 143 69 157 4.0 1.4 0.1
1994 Q1 38.7 37 156 143 48 130 4.0 2.5 0.2
  Q2 35.3 45 152 177 63 112 5.4 0.6 0.2
  Q3 35.6 36 172 144 102 202 5.4 0.8 0.1
  Q4 33.6 43 142 140 83 155 4.3 1.0 0.1
1995 Q1 35.8 39 172 147 192 134 4.5 2.7 0.1
  Q2 35.1 68 168 119 89 152 4.1 0.8 0.1
  Q3 36.8 45 170 133 110 111 4.8 0.9 0.2
  Q4 36.8 29 185 104 72 154 3.6 1.1 0.0
1996 Q1 36.1 58 178 109 50 265 4.8 2.5 0.0
  Q2 39.0 32 158 96 74 306 3.6 0.9 0.0
  Q3 38.5 41 100 128 110 131 4.1 0.4 0.0
  Q4 40.2 32 145 172 139 156 3.3 0.9 0.0
1997 Q1 40.9 42 148 135 64 221 4.9 1.8 0.0
  Q2 45.0 29 148 140 177 152 .. .. ..
  Q3 44.9 29 140 135 65 126 .. .. ..


Source: The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department
The Scottish Office Development Department
Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

(1) There are a large number of revisions in this series due to refinements in methodology.
(2) Figures from 1995 include estimates due to outstanding returns.
 

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